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BUDGET MEETING 7:30 P.M. NOVEMBER 20, 1990
MINUTES
PRESENT:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Booth, Cummings, Golder, Romanowski,
Peterson (late)
OTHER ALDERPERSONS PRESENT: Johnson, Schroeder (late) ,
Hoffman, Daley, Blanchard (late)
OTHERS PRESENT:
Controller - Cafferillo
Deputy Controller - Thayer
Planning Director - Van Cort
INHS Director - Mazzarella
Representatives from various
Human and Other Service Agencies
Members of the Media
1. Opening Comments
Chairperson Booth discussed how the voting is done for these
special budget meetings. He reminded the Committee that the
budget results are not final until the total budget is
approved December 5, 1990.
Common Council members were given the opportunity to comment
on tonight's meeting or any other aspect of the budget.
Alderperson Cummings and Johnson urged the Committee that
the Human Services Committee spent a great deal of time on
the Agencies ' requests and would like to have the Committee
follow those recommendations.
Chairperson Booth had two concerns as follows:
A. Every dollar added to the budget now will make it
that much more difficult to make decisions at the
end of the budget discussions.
B. The Human Service Agencies need to look at
increased funding from other sources (i.e.
Tompkins County) .
Alderperson Hoffman had some concerns as follows:
A. Not concerned over individual agency requests but
is concerned that the total Human Service budget
is 50% increased from the prior year. It was
noted that 25% of this increase is from the
Mayor's $25, 000 proposal for a Youth Coordinator
position.
B. Youth Coordinator position should be taken out of
the Human Services budget and be under control of
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the City Controller.
Alderperson Johnson stated that a 5% to 6% limit was set for
increases to these agencies, but that the Mayor's increase
was well above this limit.
Chairperson Booth stated the agenda for this meeting will be
as follows:
A. Human Services Agencies
B. Other Service Agencies
C. Planning Department Budget/Executive Session
D. INHS Budget
E. Revenues
No members of the public wanted to speak at this time.
2 . Human Service Agencies
A discussion followed on the procedure to be used to discuss
the Human Service Agencies ' requests. It was decided by the
Committee that all the Human Service requests will be
discussed and if a negative motion is made, a vote on that
motion will be made. If no negative motion is made the
funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
Alderperson Hoffman stated that all agencies should
seriously look at other funding sources for their requests.
In the future, he would like to see as part of the Human
Services Coalition recommendation a notation as to whether
or not the Agency sought funding from the County.
A. AIDS-WORK
The Mayor's recommendation is $4 , 235. No negative motion
was made. The funding remains as proposed.
B. COMMUNITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER
The Mayor' s recommendation is $9, 489. A discussion on the
reason for a new court program of $3 ,000 followed. It was
stated by a representative of the Dispute Center that a
large percentage of the court cases for this program are
from the City. After a brief description of the program the
following motion was made:
To delete $1, 500 from the Dispute Center's Court
program to leave a funding balance of $1, 500.
Chairperson Booth stated that he would like to curtail any
new programs. Alderpersons Daley and Cummings discouraged
this motion.
The voting results on this motion were as follows:
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Ayes (2) - Booth, Romanowski
Nays (5) - Golder, Hoffman, Cummings, Daley, Johnson
Motion failed.
The following motion was made:
To delete $940. from the Dispute Center's Court program
to leave a funding balance of $2,060.
The voting results on the motion were as follows:
Ayes (2) - Booth, Romanowski
Nays (5) - Golder, Hoffman, Cummings, Daley, Johnson
Motion failed.
The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
C. DAYCARE COUNCIL
The Mayor's recommendation is $14, 513 . Marge Dillions
presented a memo to the Committee on the R&R Program. She
stated that the R&R Program creates Daycare, training for
daycare, and referrals for Daycare for working parents.
This Program brings in Federal and State funding. The
County is funding $26, 000 for this program for 1991. A
discussion followed on a recent article in the Ithaca Times
on the Daycare Council.
No negative motion was made. The funding remains as
proposed by the Mayor.
Chairperson Booth stated that the City has committed a large
amount of funds for Daycare with the approval of the Capital
Project budget for 1991.
D. DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS
The Mayor's recommendation is $8, 022 . Sandy Lions, the
Director of Displaced Homemakers, stated that she is
requesting that $767 be placed back into her request for
Displaced Homemakers. She stated that the vote at the Human
Services Committee was tied on restoring the funding. She
also stated that the State will be cutting some of their
funding as they are with all Agencies.
Alderperson Cummings made the following motion:
To increase the funding for the Displaced Homemakers
by $767. leaving a funding balance of $8,800.
Voting results on the motion were as follows:
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_ Ayes (5) - Cummings, Daley, Golder, Booth, Johnson
Nays (2) - Romanowski, Hoffman
Motion passed.
E. DROP IN CENTER
The Mayor's recommendation is $6, 300. Chairperson Booth
stated that the Drop In Center will be receiving a large
subsidy from the City, much larger than any other Agency.
No negative motion was made. The funding remains as
proposed.
F. FRIENDSHIP CENTER
The Mayor's recommendation is $1, 524 . It was noted that
this was a new program for 1991. No negative motion was
made. The funding remains as proposed.
G. GROUP HOMES
The Mayor' s recommendation is $1,996. This is a new program
for 1991. A representative from Group Homes stated that the
program is looking for subsidies from various places to
assist in the support of the Homeless. Group Homes has
received funding from Social Services and the Ithaca City
School District.
No negative motion was made. The funding remains as
proposed by the Mayor.
H. HOMES - GREEN STREET
The Mayor's recommendation is $5, 250. The funding request
for 1991 represents a $1,449 increase from 1990.
Alderperson Johnson stated that the $3,801 funding in 1990
did not represent a full year and that the request for 1991
was for a full year.
No negative motion was made. The funding remains as
proposed by the Mayor.
I. ITHACA RAPE CRISES
The Mayor' s recommendation is $3, 145. No negative motion
was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
J. LEARNING WEB
The Mayor' s recommendation is $6, 681. The Learning Web
stipends program requested $17, 000 for 1991 and was cut back
to $2, 100 by the Human Services Committee and the Mayor.
Alderperson Cummings stated that the Human Services
Committee was very interested in the Stipends Program. A
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representative from the Learning Web stated that 50% of the
Stipend Youth come from the City of Ithaca, yet the City is
recommending only 15% of the Agency's total request.
Alderperson Cummings made the following motion:
Increase the Learning Web stipends program by $5,900.
the total request would be increased from $6, 681 to
$12, 581.
Chairperson Booth urged the Committee not to accept this
increase. He stated that many other agencies are requesting
greater funding, but the reality is the City cannot afford
to fund all the requests. Alderperson Hoffman felt the
request was out of line with other Human Service requests.
Alderperson Johnson and Daley felt that the Learning Web
program was a good investment. Voting results on the motion
were as follows:
Ayes (4) - Golder, Johnson, Cummings, Daley
Nays (3) - Booth, Romanowski, Hoffman
Motion passed.
Alderperson Cummings was excused for a portion of the
meeting, but would return.
K. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS
The Mayor's recommendation is $3 ,860. No negative motion
was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
L. MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER
The Mayor's recommendation is $3, 000. The Human Services
Coalition recommended that zero dollars be funded.
Alderperson Johnson stated .that the human Services Committee
felt that the money would be used for good ethnic services
in the Community and recommended a $3, 000 funding. It was
noted that the Agency requested $5, 000 for 1991 funding from
the City.
Chairperson Booth made the following motion:
Delete $1, 500 from the Mayor's recommendation of
$3, 000. This would leave a funding balance of
$1, 500.
Voting results on the motion were as follows:
Ayes (3) - Romanowski, Booth, Hoffman
Nays (3) - Johnson, Daley, Golder
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Motion failed for lack of a majority.
The funding request remains as proposed by the Mayor.
M. NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES
The Mayor' s recommendation is $3, 530. Mr. Thomas, a
representative from Neighborhood Legal Services stated that
the money is used to assist homeless individuals, which are
currently in temporary homes, to remain in these homes.
No negative motion was made. The funding remains as
proposed by the Mayor.
N. OAR
The Mayor's recommendation is $3 , 465. No negative motion
was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
0. RED CROSS EMERGENCY SHELTER
The Mayor's recommendation is $4, 000. This funding amount
has remained constant since 1989. No negative motion was
made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
P. SENIOR CITIZENS
The Mayor's recommendation is $26, 283. No negative motion
was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
Q. SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER
The Mayor's recommendation is $11, 584 . It was noted that
the Southside Center is requesting $7,786 for a new Youth
Development Program. The . Mayor and the Human Services
Committee recommended $4,759 for this program.
Audrey Cooper from the Southside Center stated that this new
request is to fund a staff member for the Youth Development
Program and that United Way turned this request down because
it was out of the range of the funding scope.
Chairperson Booth made the following motion:
Reduce the Southside Center's Youth Development
program request by $2, 259 leaving the total Youth
Development program funding balance at $2, 500.
A discussion on Youth Services provided by the Youth Bureau
followed. The voting results on this motion were as
follows:
Ayes (3) - Booth, Hoffman, Romanowski
Nays (3) - Johnson, Golder, Daley
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Motion failed for lack of majority.
The funding request remains as proposed by the Mayor.
R. SUICIDE PREVENTION
The Mayor's recommendation is $4, 670. No negative motion
was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
S. TASK FORCE FOR BATTERED WOMEN
The Mayor's recommendation is $10,514 . The Mayor is
recommending a new Child Sex Abuse Program (CSAP) of $2,757.
A representative from the Task Force stated that the money
requested for the new program represents funding for a new
staff position. The Human Services Coalition did not
recommend the total amount requested of $4, 058 for this
program because it was a new program.
Alderperson Blanchard arrived during this discussion.
Chairperson Booth made the following motion:
Delete $2,771 from the entire Task Force for Battered
Women request. This would leave a funding balance of
$7, 743 (5% over 1990 's request) . This amount can be
disbursed as seen fit by the Agency.
Alderperson Johnson stated that the cut is one-third of the
total Agency' s recommendation and is too much. The voting
results on the motion were as follows:
Ayes (4) - Booth, Blanchard, Hoffman, Romanowski
Nays (3) - Golder, Johnson, Daley
Motion passed.
T. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR
The Mayor's recommendation is $25, 000. Neither the Human
Services Coalition or the Human Services Committee
recommended funding for this item.
Chairperson Booth stated to the Committee that the funding
for this item represented seed money for a Youth Employment
Coordinator. The Coordinator would work jointly on
school-business relationships and jobs for young people.
A consensus of the Committee suggested that this position
should be placed in Restricted Contingency until a more
detailed evaluation of the program can be made. The
following motion was made:
Place the Youth Employment Coordinator position into
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Restricted Contingency at the Mayor's recommendation
of $25, 000.
Voting results on this motion were as follows:
Ayes (6) - Blanchard, Johnson, Golder, Hoffman,
Daley, Romanowski
Nays (1) - Booth
Motion passed.
A discussion followed on the Youth Services provided by the
Youth Bureau and the other Human Service Agencies and how
those services relate to the Youth Employment Coordinator
position.
The following motion was made:
Reduce the Funding for the Youth Employment Coordinator
to $10, 000. The motion died for lack of a second.
After a brief discussion the following motion was made:
Reduce the funding for the Youth Development
Coordinator (now located in Restricted Contingency)
by $6, 000 to leave a remaining funding balance of
$19, 000.
Voting results on this motion were as follows:
Ayes (4) - Booth Blanchard, Hoffman, Romanowski
Nays (3) - Johnson, Daley, Golder
Motion passed.
A discussion on the total Human Service Agencies' Budget as
amended followed. Alderperson Blanchard stated that if she
were here during the voting for the Multicultural Resource
Center and the Neighborhood Legal Services she would have
voted against the proposed funding for those Agencies.
Alderperson Blanchard stated that she would not make a
motion at this time. The following motion was made:
To approve the total Human Service Committee Budget
with the voted amendments at $154,968 including the
$19, 000 Restricted Contingency item.
This motion was defeated 3-4 . However, Chairperson Booth
ruled that the Human Service Agencies' items will stand as
they were individually voted on.
3 . OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES
A. COMMUNITY ARTS COALITION
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The Mayor's recommendation is $10, 000. This represents an
increase of $5, 000 from the 1990 funding amount. It was
stated by Alderperson Daley that the $5, 000 funding for 1990
was only for the second half of the year. The $10, 000
request is for the entire year.
Community Arts Coalition representative Richard Driscoll
stated that the funding will remain the same for 1992 and
1993 . This will be done by using private sector funding on
an increased basis. He stated that the $10, 000 in requested
funding is the actual costs and a reduction in this amount
would really make it difficult to properly operate the
coalition. Chairperson Booth made the following motion:
To reduce the 1991 Community Arts Coalition funding
by $2, 125 leaving a funding balance of $7,875.
This represents the same funding recommendation as made by
the Human Services Committee. Voting results were as
follows:
Ayes (2) - Booth, Hoffman
Nays (5) - Blanchard, Romanowski, Daley, Johnson,
Golder
Motion failed.
Funding remains as proposed.
B. HUMAN SERVICES COALITION
The Mayor's recommendation is $9,400. A representative
requested that the funding be increased by $1, 000 to assist
in the information and referral program.
Alderperson Johnson made the following motion:
Increase funding for the Human Services Coalition by
$1, 000 to a 1991 funding balance of $10,400.
Chairperson Booth stated that the request of $9,400 is
greater than a five percent increase from 1990. Voting
results on the motion were as follows:
Ayes (3) - Daley, Golder, Johnson
Nays (4) - Booth, Blanchard, Hoffman, Romanowski
Motion failed.
The following motion was made:
Increase funding for the Human Service Coalition by
$500 to a 1991 funding balance of $9,900.
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Voting results were as follows:
Ayes (4) - Golder, Johnson, Daley, Romanowski
Nays (3) - Booth, Blanchard, Hoffman
Motion passed.
C. TCAD
The Mayor's recommendation is $1, 000. Alderperson Daley
made the following motion:
Increase the 1991 TCAD funding by $1, 000 for a
1991 funding balance of $2, 000.
Alderperson Daley stated that TCAD is reducing their funding
amount for a period of time. The funding is used for job
retention of Tompkins County businesses. The voting results
on the motion were as follows:
Ayes (4) - Blanchard, Johnson, Golder, Daley
Nays (3) - Booth, Hoffman, Romanowski
Motion passed.
D. FINGER LAKES ASSOCIATION
The Mayor' s recommendation is $1,207. City Controller
Cafferillo stated that this is an annual contract with the
City, based on census data. Alderperson Daley made the
following motion:
Delete the entire $1, 207 1991 Finger Lakes funding.
Alderperson Blanchard stated that she will abstain from
voting on this item because she has a contract with this
Association.
Mr. Kidd, a representative for Finger Lakes Association,
stated that funding has not changed for many years because
it is based on census data. The funding amount will change
in 1992 because of the 1990 census recently completed. He
stated that the $1, 207 funding amount assists Finger Lakes
Association in advertising the City of Ithaca for Travel and
Tourism. He also stated that if the funding was deleted it
may be hard to determine the effects.
Voting results on the motion previously stated were as
follows:
Ayes (4) - Booth, Hoffman, Daley, Golder
Nays (2) - Johnson, Romanowski
Abstained (1) - Blanchard
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Motion passed.
E. S.P.C.A.
The Mayor's recommendation is $38, 000. The S.P.C.A. Board
President spoke to the Committee regarding the contract.
She stated that the S.P.C.A. requested amount of $47, 570
represents the actual cost of City services to the S.P.C.A.
The $38, 000 recommended by the mayor will not cover the
S.P.C.A. services to the City. She also noted that the
S.P.C.A. understands the budget problems the City is facing.
She recommended that a Dog enumeration should be done and
that the S.P.C.A. will be willing to assist the City in an
enumeration. The possibility of a Dog enumeration will be
put on the January 1991 agenda of the B&A Committee.
No negative motion was made. The funding remains as
proposed.
F. CELEBRATIONS
The Mayor's recommendation is $850. No negative motion was
made. The funding remains as proposed.
G. TOMPKINS-CORTLAND LABOR COALITION
The Mayor's recommendation is $18, 000. The Human Services
Committee recommendation was $19, 000. Alderperson Johnson
made the following motion:
Increase the Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition 1991
funding by $1, 000 leaving a 1991 funding balance of
$19, 000.
Alderperson Cummings returned during this discussion.
Voting results on the motion were as follows:
Ayes (2) - Golder, Johnson
Nays (6) - Romanowski, Booth, Hoffman, Cummings,
Daley, Blanchard
Motion failed.
Chairperson Booth made the following motion:
Reduce the Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition's
1991 funding to $15,750.
Voting results on the motion were as follows:
Ayes (3) - Hoffman, Booth, Blanchard
Nays (5) - Cummings, Daley, Golder, Romanowski,
Johnson
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Motion failed.
Funding for this Agency remains as proposed by the Mayor.
H. DEWITT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Mayor's recommendation is $5, 000. No negative motion
was made. The funding remains as proposed by the Mayor.
I. CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
The Mayor's recommendation is $3, 000. This is a new program
for 1991. The original request by the Agency was $5, 000. A
representative from Cooperative Extension stated that the
money will be used for administrative costs related to the
Community Gardens. If only $3, 000 is received, the
Cooperative Extension would have to prioritize its programs.
The following motion was made:
Increase the 1991 funding for the Cornell Cooperative
Extension by $2, 000 to give a total 1991 funding
balance of $5, 000.
Voting results were as follows:
Ayes (5) - Blanchard, Daley, Golder, Cummings, Johnson
Nays (3) - Booth, Romanowski, Hoffman
Motion passed.
The following motion was made:
Adopt the entire Other Service Agencies 1991 funding as
amended at $88,750.
Voting results were as follows:
Ayes (5) - Booth, Golder, Hoffman, Daley, Romanowski
Nays (3) - Blanchard, Cummings, Johnson
Motion passed.
4 . PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Alderperson Schroeder arrived for this discussion.
The Mayor's recommendation is $340,792 . The proposed Budget
includes the following:
A. A portion of Planning Director Van Cort's salary
will be billed to the IURA. This represents a
slight change from the past - his salary used to
be directly paid by the IURA.
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B. A request for one 1/2 time Senior Steno position.
Planning Director Van Cort stated that this person will be
used to lessen the burden on the Planning Department Staff
for administrative functions relating to the increasing
Planning Department involvement with standing committees.
Chairperson Booth stated that the City should not add any
more new positions. He added that the Planning Department's
Budget was within the Mayor's guidelines. Chairperson Booth
made the following motion:
Delete the 1/2 time Senior Steno position for $7, 150.
from the Mayor's proposed Planning Department Budget.
A discussion on the position followed. City Controller
Cafferillo stated that the benefits for this position may be
as much as the salary. This is a result of the City now
paying for a partial health insurance for part-time
positions. Alderpersons Daley, Schroeder, Golder and
Johnson stated that they were in support of this position.
Voting results on the motion to delete this position were as
follows:
Ayes (4) - Hoffman, Booth, Blanchard, Romanowski
Nays (5) - Golder, Schroeder,Johnson, Daley, Cummings
Motion failed.
The 1/2 time position remains as proposed. It was noted
that Alderperson Peterson arrived during the last portion of
this discussion and did not cast a vote on the Planning
Department position.
A discussion followed on the need for the matching portion
of the NYSCA Grant ($10, 000) . It was the consensus of the
Committee that this amount needs to be placed in the 1991
Budget. Planning Director Van Cort recommended $10, 000 -
$20, 000 be placed in Restricted Contingency. The following
motion was made:
Place $10, 000 in Restricted Contingency for the
matching portion of the NYSCA Grant.
Voting results were as follows:
Ayes (8) - Hoffman, Golder, Peterson, Schroeder,
Johnson, Blanchard, Daley, Cummings
Nays (2) - Booth Romanowski
Motion passed.
Planning Director Van Cort stated that there are no
allocations made in the 1991 Budget for Downtown Vision Task
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Force recommendations including a possible Business
Improvement District. He recommends that Restricted
Contingency money should be allocated for this purpose. The
Committee will discuss this topic with Restricted
Contingency items on the 28th of November. The following
motion was made:
Approve the Planning Department's budget as proposed
by the Mayor of $340, 792 .
Voting results on this motion were as follows:
Ayes (9) - Romanowski, Golder, Schroeder, Peterson,
Hoffman, Cummings, Blanchard, Johnson
Daley
Nay (1) - Booth
Motion passed.
Alderperson Hoffman was excused for the remaining portion of
the meeting. He stated he was in support of the INNS
Budget.
5. INHS BUDGET
The Mayor's recommendation is $83 , 000. Chairperson Booth
made the following motion:
Delete $3, 000 from the INHS 1991 funding amount.
Chairperson Booth stated that this is the City's largest
Human Service Agency funding and that the City should
maintain the funding at $80, 000, which is the same level as
the prior year.
The motion dies for the lack of a second. No other negative
motion was made. The INHS Budget remains as proposed by the
Mayor.
The Committee voted 9-0 to move into executive session to
discuss a Planning Department Personnel Item.
6. REPORT FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION
After the Committee moved back into regular session,
Chairperson Booth reported that the Committee discussed a
Planning Department personnel item and a vote was taken,
however this vote will not be made public until the Common
Council meeting on December 5, 1990.
7. REVENUES
Chairperson Booth stated that the City Controller and the
Mayor made sound revenue projections based on past, present,
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and future data. Chairperson Booth stated that the
following items are possible areas where revenue projections
may be changed:
A. County Recycling Program Revenue - possibility of
less money
B. Parking Revenues
Chairperson Booth is not recommending any changes in the
revenue projections.
City Controller Cafferillo gave the Committee an update on
the current status of the City/County Recycling contract.
He stated the City is attempting to negotiate a long term (5
year) recycling contract with the County. The following
points were made:
A. The City wants to continue to provide the
recycling services to the City.
B. The County wants a long term recycling contract.
C. The County wants to provide recycling services by
the use of an outside hauler.
D. The County/City only have a four month recycling
contract for 1991 and this is currently being
negotiated.
E. The current revenues in the Mayor's budget reflect
a full year recycling contract.
City Controller Cafferillo stated that he discussed with
Youth Bureau Director Cohen, Youth Bureau Revenue. It was
noted that last year's revenue projections were too high for
what has been received to date. Because of this, a number
of the Youth Bureau revenue lines have been cut back to
properly reflect actual revenues.
City Controller Cafferillo also stated that the Committee
will have to reduce Youth Services revenue based on the
County Youth Service contract. The Youth Bureau was hopeful
that a greater amount of revenue was going to be paid by the
County. The County did not agree to this amount.
Controller Cafferillo suggested that $30, 000 be reduced from
the appropriate account to reflect this contract. The
following motion was made:
Reduce A2350 Youth Services by $30, 000 leaving a
balance of $763,892 in this account.
Voting results were as follows: Passed 9-0.
Alderpersons Blanchard and Daley stated that the parking
rates should not be raised in 1991. The parking rates
should remain at the 1990 levels. After a discussion on
parking rates the following motion was made:
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Reduce $23, 500 from Account A1720 which would allow the
downtown parking ramp rate to remain at the 1990 level
including the seven percent sales tax. The Dryden Road
Garage rates would remain as proposed.
Controller Cafferillo stated that parking rates in the 1991
proposed budget would be increased as follows:
A. Downtown Ramps: $. 25/hour to $. 30/hour
B. Dryden Road Garage: $.50/hour to $. 60/hour
C. Permits:
Lot D $10 to $22
Seneca Ramp $30 to $36
$18 to $22
Green Street $18 to $22
Dryden Road $45 to $50
$35 to $40
W. State St. $18 to $22
A discussion on parking rates continued. The following
amendment to the main motion was made:
Reduce $43, 500 from Account A1720 which would allow
the downtown parking ramp rates and the Dryden Road
garage parking rates to remain at current levels.
Chairperson Booth stated that this is a terrible revenue
decision. Voting results on the amendment to the motion
were as follows:
Ayes (2) - Schroeder, Golder
Nays (7) - Booth, Romanowski, Blanchard, Peterson,
Daley, Cummings, Johnson
Amendment failed.
The parking discussion continued. The following voting
results on the main motion were as follows:
Ayes (3) - Blanchard, Daley, Schroeder
Nays (6) - Booth, Cummings, Romanowski, Peterson,
Johnson, Golder
Main motion failed.
The parking rates remain as proposed by the Mayor.
A discussion on the Golf Course followed. The Committee
wanted the Golf Course to be budget neutral. It was noted
that the Golf fees have already been increased loo as
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proposed by the Mayor. It was stated that a $15,000
increase in Golf revenue would give the Golf Course the
necessary budget neutrality. The following motion was made:
Increase Account A2050 by $15, 000 to give an account
balance of $130, 000 and direct BPW to change the Golf
Course fees to accomplish this increase.
The motion passed 9-0.
Further discussions on the revenue followed. City .
Controller Cafferillo stated that $141, 000 for the recycling
contract will be left in the budget, but if changes are
needed during 1991 then an equivalent amount may be deleted
from the DPW budget. Controller Cafferillo also stated that
Account A2610 included an estimate of $26, 000 for increased
fines related to the new traffic enforcement officer in the
Police Department budget.
Items that will be looked at by the Controller for possible
revenue sources include:
A. Possible payment for Green St. Ramp land transfer.
B. County Mental Health Building Agreement.
C. Payment from a Planning Department Grant.
Controller Cafferillo stated that New York State may reduce
the City's 1990 State Aid another $77, 000. and further
reductions in 1991 State Aid Revenue may be made. The
Committee decided to delay the reduction of the general
State Aid revenue for 1991 until confirmation from the
State, on these amounts was received.
The following motion was made:
Approve the Revenues as amended of $22,851, 335.
The motion was approved 9-0.
No further discussion was made.
The meeting adjourned at 11:45 P.M.
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REVENUES
Mayor's Recommendation $22,866,335
Reduction in A2350 Youth Services for Reduction in
the County Contract for Youth Services ( 30,000)
Increase in A2050 Golf Course Charges for Increase
of Golf Fees 15,000
Net Reduction in Revenues from 11/20/90 ( 15,000)
Combined Net Reduction in Mayor's Budget
through 11/20/90 ( 86,183)
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SUMMARY:
Net Overall Increase in Mayor's Appropriation
from 11/20/90 $ 10,189
Combined Net Reduction in Mayor's Appropriations
after the 11/12, 11/15 and 11/20/ 90 meetings: ( 101,183)
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Mayor's Recommendation: $23,873,211
Net Reduction in Mayor's Budget through 11/15/90 ( 111,372)
Balance Mayor's Recommendation prior to Budget Meeting
of 11/20/90 $23,761,839
HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES
Increase A1011-435 for increase in Displaced Homemakers
Funding 767
Increase A1011-435 for increase of Learning Web Stipends
program funding 5,900
Reduce A1011-435 for reduction of Task Force for
Battered Women ( 2,771 )
Reduce A1011-435 for reduction of Youth Employment
Coordinator Position ( 6,000)
Reduce A1011-435 for transfer of Youth Employment
Coordinator position to Restricted Contingency ( 19,000)
OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES
Increase A1012-435 for increase in Human Services
Coalition funding 500
Increase A1012-435 for increase in TCAD funding 1,000
_ Reduce A1012-435 for deletion of Finger Lakes Assoc.
Funding ( 1,207)
Increase A1012-435 for increase in Cornell Coop. Ext. 2,000
CONTINGENCY
Increase A1990 Restricted Contingency for Youth
Employment Coordinator position 19,000
Increase A1990 Restricted Contingency for matching
portion of NYSCA Grant 10,000
Mayor's Adjusted Recommendation as of conclusion of
11/20/90 B&A/Committee of a Whole Meeting $23,772,028
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